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Regular refs to work Thursday game after agreement
NEW YORK (AP) ? The NFL?s regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn?t have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans.
After two days of marathon negotiations ? and mounting frustration throughout the league ? the NFL and the officials? union announced at midnight Thursday that a tentative eight-year agreement had been reached to end a lockout that began in June.
The deal came on the heels ...
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Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm
NEW YORK (AP) ? The NFL?s regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn?t have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans.
After two days of marathon negotiations ? and mounting frustration throughout the league ? the NFL and the officials? union announced at midnight Thursday that a tentative eight-year agreement had been reached to end a lockout that began in June.
The deal came on the heels of Seattle?s chaotic last-second win over Green Bay on Monday night in which the replacement officials struggled. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the regular officials would work the Browns-Ravens game at Baltimore on Thursday night.
